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11:05 AM ET, December 23, 2019

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell: Quit the charade, impeachment is a ‘political exercise’  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL on “Fox and Friends” this morning: “Do you think Chuck Schumer is impartial?  Do you think Elizabeth Warren is impartial?  Bernie Sanders is impartial?
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Associated Press:
Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi's killing  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death on Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.
Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
Purged Saudi Government-backed Twitter Accounts Urged U.S.-Led Regime Change in Iran, Deflected Responsibility for Khashoggi Murder … A review of comprehensive data tied to nearly 6,000 Saudi-linked Twitter accounts has found a manipulation campaign targeting its English language messages …
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Discussion: VICE, Slate and The Week
Timothy Dalrymple / Christianity Today:
The Flag in the Whirlwind: An Update from CT's President  —  Why our editor in chief spoke out against Trump, and why the conversation must continue.  —  Reader responses to Mark Galli's recent editorial have spanned the spectrum.  We have received countless notes of encouragement from readers who were profoundly moved.
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inforum.com:   Forum Editorial: How can Christians be Trump supporters?
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: McConnell, Pelosi dig in on impasse over Trump's Senate trial  —  Both sides dug in Monday in the impasse over a Senate trial of President Trump, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chiding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) for the delay …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tax Reform Has Delivered for Workers  —  Two years later the data show that investment has increased, with wages and job participation rising.  —  It's been two years since President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law.  To the delight of supply-siders, the law contained …
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Ben White / Politico:   How the economy could make or break Trump in 2020
Beth Baumann / Townhall:   Leave It to CNN to Flat Out Lie About the Booming Economy
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: John Bolton hits Trump for bluffing on North Korea nukes  —  In his sharpest criticism yet of his old workplace, John Bolton suggested the Trump administration is bluffing about stopping North Korea's nuclear ambitions — and soon might need to admit publicly that its policy failed badly.
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:   How Trump's North Korea nuclear talks gambit came undone
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
New Emails Reveal Internal Competition Between Fox News Media Networks  —  “He is doing Maria Bartiromo you know — much lower ratings than us and I say this in an endearing way,” a Lou Dobbs producer told Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin's spokesperson.  —  Cable news booking is a competitive business …
Discussion: Raw Story
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama talks up Warren behind closed doors to wealthy donors  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has spent her campaign railing against the donor class, making it known she doesn't want their help.  —  She has publicly bashed millionaires, has sworn off high dollar fundraisers and has refused large checks from Democratic bundlers.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How ‘Centrist Bias’ Hurts Sanders and Warren  —  The media has a bigger problem than liberal bias.  —  John F. Harris is about as mainstream as the mainstream media gets.  He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, including as its political editor.  Then he became the founding editor of Politico, where he is now a columnist.
Discussion: Althouse
Reuters:
Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - ‘Do whatever it takes to end it’  —  (Reuters) - After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient.  Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them.
Jamie Micklethwaite / Dailystar.co.uk:
China orders Christians to rewrite the Bible for the era of President Xi  —  Chinese Communists want all religious texts to fall in with the party line, or they will be rewritten  —  As the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, Chinese Communists have announced plans to rewrite the Bible …
Associated Press:
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal  —  Andrew Favorov, the No. 2 at Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz, says he sat on a red leather bench seat and listened wide-eyed as the men boasted of their connections to President Donald Trump and proposed a deal …
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Washington Post:   How a Putin ally is aiding Giuliani in Ukraine
Paul A. Djupe / Washington Post:
White evangelicals fear atheists and Democrats would strip away their rights.  Why?  —  Right-wing media is warning of a civil war — and urging evangelicals to stock up on guns  —  As the House has moved through the impeachment of President Trump, voices on the extreme right have been arguing …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Lockett / The Sun:
ROID RAGE ISIS is rebuilding ‘like Al-Qaeda on steroids’ as expert warns sleeper cells will unleash ‘decade of terror’ in Europe  —  ISIS is rapidly rebuilding in Iraq after being transformed into “Al-Qaeda on steroids”, warn regional terror experts.  —  The worrying news comes amid fears thousands …
Discussion: BBC
Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Names David L. Calhoun to Replace Dennis Muilenburg as CEO  —  *Boeing Names David L. Calhoun as President, CEO  —  *Boeing Names Lawrence W. Kellner as Chairman  —  Boeing Co. BA -1.65% Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg has been replaced by David L. Calhoun as the aerospace giant deals …
CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg is plowing millions of dollars into a secretive tech firm he founded months ago to power his 2020 presidential bid  — A technology company called Hawkfish, with former executives from Facebook and Foursquare, is helping Bloomberg's 2020 presidential bid.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump campaign plagued by groups raising tens of millions in his name  —  As President Donald Trump raises money for his reelection campaign, he's competing for cash with a growing mass of pro-Trump PACs, dark money groups and off-brand Facebook advertisers neither affiliated with nor endorsed …
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Inside Giuliani's new push to flip the script on Trump's impeachment  —  President Donald Trump's personal attorney continues to move ahead with new allegations against Democrats on Ukraine but his evidence is vague at best.  —  WASHINGTON — Even as President Donald Trump awaits a trial in the Senate …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Judge changes mind in important First Amendment case  —  Last week, I wrote about a case in which the Fifth Circuit, in a unanimous decision, ruled that a suit could proceed against a Black Lives Matter activist for violence he didn't commit or encourage.  The police officer who brought …
Discussion: Washington Times
 
 
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